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The Hope House is a ministry for women who are homeless and in need of transitional housing. Hope House is a ministry of the Martinsburg Union Rescue Mission. The Hope House is located at 47 Union Street in Berkeley Springs. It is a nine-bed transitional housing shelter. It is staffed 24/7 365 days of the year, with volunteers and paid staff.
If the female accepts entrance into the Hope House program, they will start with the Mission’s Spiritual Recovery Program. A strict, no tolerance of drugs and alcohol atmosphere is maintained. Everyone must attend the 60-day Discipleship Track entry-level classes upon entering the Hope House. The Discipleship Track entry-level classes consist of Biblical studies, addiction recovery classes, chapels, the Mission Support Program, etc. These first couple of months will provide a good start in developing the 6 Values of Christ-centered, Servant-leadership, Transformation, Stewardship, Excellence, and Honor in everyone for successful living. Once completion of the DTEC the person continues in the program and can go on to employment outside the Hope House if ready.
The Mission’s Support Program is the primary program that new women enter. It is a Christian-based recovery program that restores structure and order through work assignments. These assignments include community outreach helpers who assist in our local businesses, cook helpers who prepare and serve meals, housekeepers who clean and perform light maintenance, driver’s assistants who help with donation pick-ups and store deliveries, and facilities and grounds maintenance.
The Mission’s Employment Program is a halfway program that allows women to reside at the Hope House while employed in the community. Employment may be full-time or a combination of part-time employment in the community and part-time volunteer work in the community or at the Hope House. Once a woman enters the Employment Program, she is encouraged to find housing within one hundred eighty days. After ninety days, a review of the woman’s financial stability will be conducted by a staff member. This requirement may be waived until a woman is physically, mentally, and financially capable of living outside the Hope House’s structured environment.
The Mission’s Staff Program is designed to allow women to continue in the Mission’s Spiritual Recovery Program while providing avenues for increased responsibility and authority. A participant in this program assumes a program staff position in administration, food services, housekeeping, transportation, store operations, or facilities and grounds maintenance.
Except for the Employment Program, no length of stay limitations exist for any of the Mission’s residential programs. However, the general purpose of all the residential rehabilitation programs is still to prepare individuals to return to the mainstream of our society and become responsible, productive members of that society.
